opicecdings of City Councils. r -"guru'. te 'tad meeting of both branobei 0 c.r.neils was bold yesterday afternoon. , lELECT COUNCIL. Tsso ‘ - .lnyten, president, in the chair. The u opt! pen ions and oommunioatione were ra ,lved and proporly disposed of. One from the Lo royetie Company, asking for an appropria ,,„„ of $lOO ; from the C'aief Commissioner of ii, g b ware, rotative to the °teaming of the streets d the Twelfth ward; from the Onar.ilata of the p o ,r, asking for an additional appropriation of Ft° On Tao Committee on Water reported a resolution hatbhr;sloir, water pipe to be laid In certain etreets L a the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Nineteenth vents Agreed to. Mr Itherod, to Whom was referred the oonthin• oblation complaining of the miserable scoommoda• M o ns for keeping books, ko , in the Oleo of the Recorder of Deeds, reported a resolution to rent the Mond story of the Philadelphia Bank, at a co st 01 $1.,400 per annum, for this purpose. The ~,,s oi etlon was warmly debated, and pained finally . Mr, MOSSO!, from the committee appointed to device means to provide work for the unemployed o f this oity, and to whom sundry petitions wore rc r er red, made a report, that they bad given the subject the oonsideratio;o which its importance de manta, and have come to the following conclusions Th e y regard the right of the petitioners to make tie redpeAt an undoubted. Every olt,lxen, hon orer bumble, contributes, in some degree, to the porter, the prosperity, and the wealth of the city prom labor or its results, our taxes are derived, and rarely those who tarnish or create, in some degree, the meant' by which the city is governed, protect ed, and improved, have the right to request their r epreseiratives to use that money in a way con s weet with the purposes and nude for whioh it is levied nod oolleoted The power of Oounoile to comply with the re. ;pest of the petitioners oannot be doubted, becanee it asks no bounty, no gratuity, no alms, no waste ful or unnetweary expenditure of the oity's money I; only asks that now neoessery improvements may he made, and that thoee be antioipatsd which in a ism . : period will be absolutely Im:teaser, in the natural progress of the oity. The committee re• wo rd the exeroise of this poser at this time as good polloy. It cannot increase the burdens of the tax payers, as the improvements are molt as must be, end Inevitably will he, made within a shore period, ichlist the oily resolves at the same time a fall non 'ldeation for the money expended Labor is the wealth of a'nation. There, never may bo again a time in our hletory when the necessity fur the exercise of this polloy may be so imperative The report of the oommittee was accompanied by an ordinance asking for an appropriation of V:13..500, to be taken from a loan hereafter to be authorized. O th a sum, $441,500 is to be expended by the Water Department, $OO 000 by the purvey Depart. matt. $2O 000 by the Department or Oity Proper ty, $4O 000 by. the Department of Wharves and Lendings, and $172,000 by the Highway Depart,- meat. swims 2 requires all the materials required for the work to be furnished from and menufactured n the State of Pennsylvania, end regulate! the employing of the workmen. Section 8-relates to the paying of bills. Mr. RISIDISMAIS said he would like to know more of title matter. This was the first time be had beard it reed, and be would like more time to °emitter it before taking a vete. Mr Eat:limit said his only objection to poet poising the bill was that, In all probability, the Chamber would adjourn for the summer on next Thursday, and then she matter oonld not be brought before both branohee of Donnoils. Ile thought there were members now present, belonging to the different, heads asking .or appropriations, who maid give all necessary information. air. Naar. said It we adopt this report, we shall Inaugurate a new system, snob as / have never known to be motioned in this city In X 857, large public meetings were held in the State Reuse yard by the workingmen, and their leaders deli. vered inflammatory speeches, in order to induoe Counolle to make appropriations fostheir benefit, but without avail, The Oilstone took up the sub j sot, and relieved the poor. There are two ways of effardlng relief to the needy : one, the plea adopted in 1857. The citizens of each ward col. looted fend., and planed them in the bands of suitable persons , to distribute, and in this way the pressen* of the poor were relieved. By this me thod, pklape, ell classes were reached better than by any other Female, reaped the benefit of this system as welt as males; whereas, in the plan now proposed, they cannot partake directly of the bane. et, In 1857, there was no such depreciation in real estate and stooks as there is now; rents did Dot fall from twenty tire to fifty per oent , and one half the Union did not repudiate the debts they owed the other half In the present state of de• premien in money matter., it would be a hopeless task to raise any considerable amount of money by voluntary contributions. The merchant, who has always been foremost and liberal in relieving the distresees of the poor, fa nowprostrated himself. The manufaeturer has Stopped his machinery, and his operators, male and female, aro powerless to help tbemteives There seems to be no other way then the plan proposed to affard the desired relief. This plan is merely to anticipate Improvements which would be required in a year or two; but to do nothing that will not be absolutely necessary. The quid pro quo will be given for every dollar. Each department can expend a large amount of money now, which would otherwise have to be spent hereafter. Instead of relying upon taxation for the means, as the city has been in the practice of dolog, we meet resort to a loan for thepurpose, the interest of whiob must be provided for in fu. tare from the taxes. It may be said that this plan will bear heavily upon real estate, which Is now so must depressed.. This is an evil, I grant, but it Is the least of evils. The poor man be relieved in no possible way so easily as this, and the principal will be returned with double interest. Every fen. provement of thle kind adds to the value of teal estate. If personal property eoulat be reached, so al to share the burden of taxation, real estate would be attach relieved, In other cities this is the case, and I never could see any reason why personal property should not boar its proportion for mnnioi• pal purposes. Thousands of persons with large persons.' means are living in our city, enjoying ail Its convenienoes and luxuries, without paying a d liar of municipal taxes. Their ohildren are educated at our imbibe - schools at the expense of the owners of real estate The greatest difficulty, after the loan shall be obtained, will be the modus operandi. We may employ one, two, or three thousand men. These should be selection without distinction of party, the preferenoe always being given to men having families dependent upon their labor. Unless some ',item shall be adopted that will be oeasidered fair and just, our labors may be productive of evil rather than good. It a resolution (limiting the Finance Oommtttee to report an orditiance creating a loan for this purpose can be passed by a majority of two-thirds, the detatls of a plan for aarrylrg oat the objeot might be perfected in the five weeks before the loan can be finally passed. If twathirds cannot be obtained, it will be useless to proceed any further with the measure . If it should be eueoessfal, the oommittees having charge of the several departments should prepare a schedule of the work that can be most advan tageously performed, to meet the object in view. Boob work should be selected as would require the least expenditure for materiels, in proportion to the labor., The improvement of the parks will require the greatest proportion of labor; the building of reservoirs, also ; the opening and grading of streets; the repairing of streets; the building of culverts', d:c. Mr. RILZY said that most of these approptia dons were for labor, very little bet og asked for the purohase of materials. Be thought the Improve mews were all Deeded, and the report should be taken up, item by item, and passed. Mr !limier said he should vote for this bill as It came from the committee At the present time there were many who were' asking for work, and yet refuse to accept alms It was this dams that he desired to help. fle was for immediate aotlon While gentlemen were making up their mind how to vote the working °lames are starving Every item asked for in this bill was needed, and would be had at some future day, if not at pre sent Mr. Fox thought we should not plunge into a matter of this kind without fsrtt giving it a fair onsideration. He thought the main portion of , this fund Touid go into the poeket of the capital ist—in the purchase of materials. He thought it a dangerous, precedent to create the debt before aothorizing the loan. The debaterwas continued at length Mr Mansur again took the floor. He said that number of the items In the bill met with favor by the Chamber. Me, therefore, would ask that the objectionable parte might be ettioken ouc, end that the vote be taken on those items which mist with the approval of the members . The vote was then taken on snspending the roles and proceeding to a oonsideration of the bill, and was lost by a vote of 12 yeas and 8 nap—it requiring a two third vote. The bill, therefore, lays over until the next meeting On motion, It was agreed that the particular items in the bill should be referred to their ap propriate committee., to report at the next meet ins. Mr. Nast offered a resolution that tne Commit tee on Finance be instructed to report en ordi nance at the next emotion of Connell. to oreate loan of number of dollars, for the purpose of making necessary muniolpill improvements at the present time, In order to afford employment for working . men. Agreed to. • Mr. BElDEatale reported an ordinance appro. nristing $1,208 39 for repairs done to sohool-houses. Agreed to. Mr. WITIMILL, from the committee on defence and protection of the city, made a report stating the expenditures made by the oommittee striae they had been created. The whole amount referred to the committee in the way of hills, ordinenoes, an lineations for appropriations, &c., $l3 425 80. Of which the amount contracted for rations', Ao , for tithed to Washington Regiment. is 13,555 85; for other regiments and companies, $1,020 04 Amount Proposed to be appropriated by the ordinanoe, $2 300. Amount asked fez by sundry regiments and companies,s4l 450. Mr. Davis ffered a resolution to change the place of eleotion in the Eighth division of the Fif teenth ward, which was referred to the Commit tee on Law. Mr. Dtrxsors offered a resolution that Council. will not adjourn for the summer vacation until they have made arrangements to tarnish work for the unemployed. The resolution was debated at length, and after several amendments had been offered and voted down, was agreed to. The Chamber then adjourned. COMMON COUNCIL. A commanieetion was received from the Com• 111i0130T11 of Rtghwaye submitting a report stating that during the teat quarter $130,000 of the appro priation have been expended, and that $104,084 remain unexpended. A oommunioation war received from the Guar dian' of the Poor, stating that from the annual appropriation of $225,000 to that body $109,550 have been expended for food, medicine, and sup plies. The above sum was deemed amply tient for the average population of 2.600, but it is now ascertained that the average will be increased from twenty to twenty two per icent more than that amount, that requiring an increase of ap- Dronriation for the purp-se of purchasing stipplies P.ererred to Committee on Poor. Mr. Lax, the City Solioitor, submitted a com munication flung the amount of damage" after the improvement of Fairmostot Park fn , the pre servation of the parity of the water at $55.000. If the award be confirmed by Connell', the tiottattor is Prepared to elore the arrangement, and if they contest, he will defend the sot. Referred to oom matters. Toe tdayor submitted a message, returning the . authoritlim the Oenettn°flop of the Chestnut grew bridge, with hie veto lie contends that the resolution is out In aoeordanoo w , th the laws or ordinance authorialog the torn of 1200,000, which was to be increased to $3OO 000 by the "mPapi' This would be less, by 1116 000, than the sum bud by Councils for the erection of the bridge accord lrg to ecntract. A motion to tpone farthez oomiderstfon of the message for the present was aimed t 4. , . Mr MCCLEARY presented a petition from oiti sena of the Nineteenth ward, numerously signed, asking ,that Norris square be improved, and that, by [hie means, a large number of pinions pan b e furnished with employment. Referred to special committee appointed for the purpose of landing employment to the poor. Mr Porran presented a petition from merohnate on Market street, complaining of the condition of that thoroughfare, between Fourth and Fifth. Re ferred The rrsolution from Beleet Ootinoll, appropri ating $1.34 50 to pay the expenses attendlag the reception or Lient Stemmer, of the United bugles army, was Concurred in. ~an ordinance relating to the terms of office of the hem& of departments, passed by Beleat Conn• oil, was also concurred in. The bill fixes the ter mination of the tonne on the 3lat day of January, 1862 Mr. Palawan offered a resolution, inviting Be. lent Counoil to meet Common Council on Mars day afternoon next, at fire o'clock, to elect peiloe magistratee, tnepartutendent of Girard estates, and other ollioers Agreed to. Mr.)JACKinVed to prooeod to the election of three persons to serve as directors for Girard Col lege, for a term of three years, James J. Bas• well, George C Bower, and William Devine. wore (Avoca for three years, and Mr. John H. Bang buret to LC the unexpired term of Mordecai L. Dawson, resigoetl. The ordinaeoe from Select Conooli, authorising the widening of Dzlaware avenue, from the north line of Mob street to the north line of Vino street, was agreed to Mr. QACENIX, from the Committee on Eleanor), reported tesniutions to transfer certain items to redeem the funded debt of the city of Philadelphia roaming in ladi Agreed to An (H.:Boasted to pay oertele olnims of Dr 8.. E Rngers, for professional servieee in analysing the remains of a man interred in Odd Follows Ceme tery, was adopted Mr. POTTER, from the Committee on Highways, reported favorably to the paving and grading of Houston street, from Edgement to Belgrade street; Montgomery street, iu the Twentieth ward, and Fairhtll street,' from lilatket to Filbert, in the Ninth ward, and directing that contracts be entered into for the work Also, for tho paving of parts of Winston, Budd, Metcalf, Messer, Maple, and other streets The resolutions were Agreed to. The ordinates from Select Connell dlresting the City Solicitor to lease tb• second story of the Phi ladelphia B ink for a period of three years, to be fitted up and used as a place for the preservation of the public records, he., was concurred in. Mr. CATTILL moved to resume the ordinance ro- • turned by the Mayor, without his signature, rela tive to the Obestnnt.street bridge. Agreed to. Mr. OATTELL stated that be unstained the Mayor in his grounds of opposition to the present bill, as the loan for that purpose has not yet been nage. Hated. The Preeldent called the ayes and nays on the queetion whether the bill should pass, notwith standing the veto of the Mayor, which resulted as follows: Ayes 1, nays 49. Mr. OATTELL otlered an o - dlnanoe making an appropriation of the proceed: of a loan of 5200, 000 for the oonstruotion of the Chestnut-strut bridge. An extended debate ensued. The ayes and nays were oallel, and a quorum tailing to vote, the Chamber adjourned. THE LATIi STORar.--During the heavy @torn] on Wednesday night considerable damage was done to property throughout the city. In Bileworth street, above Broad, in the First ward, stands a row of eight or ten brick dwellings that are not very substantially built. The wind struck the back building of the westernmost of the houeee, and sent it crashing to the earth. The adjoining struotare followed suit, and the back buildings of the entire row - wore prostrated. Fortunately, the Inmates of snob of the buildings as were °coupled were in the front part of their premises at the time, and no person was injured. In New Market street, above Poplar, the roofs of three unfinished buildings were (tarried away by the wind, The loss there is about $2OO. The shade and ornamental trees along the side walks and in the public squares suffered severely. In Franklin, Logan, end independence Siloam, large trees were stripped of branches, which were sent flying before the wind. A tree which stands at the south westernoorner of Independence Square caught the full fury of the gale Four large stems branched out from the trunk about ten feet above the ground. These stems were all twisted off close to the parent trunk, end the entire tree was wrecked. On the north aide of Walnut street, above Birth, a large tree was torn up by the roota. It fell upon the railway track, and obstructed the passage of the street for a long time. It bad finally to be ohopped to pieces to permit the passage of oars. In all parts of the city and suburbs, trees wore blown down or stripped of their foliage. During the height of the gale the curtain of an awning, at Eighth and Chestnut streets, was blown into a gar light and took fire. The incident canoed considerable alarm and excitement. The heavy rain tested the quality of the oulvertr is the city. We have heard of no uooldenta in these underground water mums. COLONEL GuAnT'S REGIMENT.—The Sewickly RiCits, Captain J. 0. Myers, and Lieutenants John J. Nevin and WI R. Shields, and the nuave Ca dets, of Pittsburg, Captain Thomas J. AM, and Lieutenants Thomas R. Elliott and W. W. Wat tles, both excellent companies, were mustered into Colonel J. W. Geary's regiment yesterday, by Major Ruff. They ere designated, respectively, Q and H. The regiment has bob one more com pany to be sworn in, which will be done to-day, rendering the Twenty-eighth. Pennsylvania oom plate The encampment is at Camp Coleman, Ox told Pat k 11413000 C GUARDS, ; This cbmpany bas bran accepted, and is to be attached to the Second Delaware Regiment. The captain is Henry 0. Spllman, and lieutenant, John F. Reishley. A few more men are wanted at the headquarters, 'Military Rail, Library , street. Ia Town.—Lieutenant Wonderly, of Com pany H. Third regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, is now in town, to enlist twenty more men, to till up the ranks. The Lieutenant van be seen in Thirteenth street, above Canowhill. Men, as soon as enrolling their names, will be sent to Camp Washington. /19TERISTINO EXIJIBITION.--Through the po liteness of Mr. John Keith, we attended the closing exercises of the " Lombard street Girls' Grammar Sohool" (oolored), of which Min Sarah T. Don nelly Is Principal. The reading, singing, and re. citations of the pupils were deserving of the high est approbation, and reflect credit upon the industry and talent of the Principal. Premiums were die tributed to the most deserving girls of the various divisions. Appropriate addresses were made by Col. Pitsgerald, R. Eden Brown, Eeq , and Dr. Joseph R. (Nude. LATEST 711011 TUE SEAT or WAIL—The combined exhibition of Stereopticon and Russian Wer, at Atrembly Braiding, is now unusually at traotive. Forty vow spines of the civil confliot have be